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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909037-24-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240328
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240328
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240328

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909037
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-65728
		FILM NUMBER:		24798344

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO CHILE
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		56224252280

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			7550079
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i7c9968067e5f4ef29287bffe4d4aaee0_1"></div><div style="min-height:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:0.52pt;padding-right:0.52pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form&#160;6-K</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE&#160;13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For the&#160;month of March 2024.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Commission File Number 33-65728</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE&#160;INC.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">El Trovador 4285, Santiago, Chile (562) 2425-2000</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Address of principal executive office)</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form&#160;20-F or Form&#160;40-F.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form&#160;20-F&#58;_</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">X</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">_  Form&#160;40-F</font></div><div style="padding-left:0.52pt;padding-right:0.52pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt solid #000000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:63.36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7c9968067e5f4ef29287bffe4d4aaee0_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">FINAL DIVIDEND PROPOSAL</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Santiago, Chile, March 28, 2024 &#8211;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> Sociedad Qu&#237;mica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE&#58; SQM&#59; Santiago Stock Exchange&#58; SQM-B, SQM-A) announced today that in accordance with Article 9 and 10 of the Chilean Securities Market Act, it informs the following as an essential fact (</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">hecho esencial</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">)&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Today, SQM&#8217;s Board of Directors unanimously agreed to recommend at the next Annual General Shareholders&#8217; Meeting to be held on April 25, 2024, that it distribute and pay, in accordance with the Company&#8217;s dividend policy (the &#8220;Policy), an equivalent of US$0.21339 per share, which the Company must pay to complete the amount of US$2.11386 per share, as a final dividend. This final dividend already considers the payment of the first interim dividend equal to US$0.78760 per share, the second interim dividend equal to US$0.60940 per share and the third interim dividend equal to US$0.50347 per share, which were paid during 2023. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The 2023 final dividend balance due shall be paid in the equivalent in Chilean pesos according to the value of the &#8220;Observed Dollar&#8221; or &#8220;US Dollar&#8221; that appears published in the Official Gazette on May 13, 2024. The payment of this dividend shall be made in favor of the Company&#180;s shareholders, in person or through their duty authorized representatives starting at 9&#58;00 am on May 16, 2024, who are registered with the respective registry on the fifth business day before the day on which the payment shall be made.</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:66.24pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i7c9968067e5f4ef29287bffe4d4aaee0_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">About SQM</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">SQM is a global company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Santiago Stock Exchange (NYSE&#58; SQM&#59; Santiago Stock Exchange&#58; SQM-B, SQM-A). SQM develops and produces diverse products for several industries essential for human progress, such as health, nutrition, renewable energy and technology through innovation and technological development. We aim to maintain our leading world position in the lithium, potassium nitrate, iodine and thermo-solar salts markets.</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For further information, contact&#58; </font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Gerardo Illanes  &#47; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">gerardo.illanes&#64;sqm.com</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Irina Axenova  &#47; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">irina.axenova&#64;sqm.com</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Isabel Bendeck  &#47; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">isabel.bendeck&#64;sqm.com</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">For media inquiries, contact&#58; </font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Maria Ignacia Lopez &#47; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">ignacia.lopez&#64;sqm.com</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"> </font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pablo Pisani &#47; </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">pablo.pisani&#64;sqm.com</font></div><div style="padding-right:10.95pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:66.24pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.826%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.233%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.234%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="i7c9968067e5f4ef29287bffe4d4aaee0_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;padding-left:1.7pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.972%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.828%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY OF CHILE&#160;INC.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Registrant)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date&#58; March 28, 2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Gerardo Illanes</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58; Gerardo Illanes</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">CFO</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained SEC 1815 (04-09) in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays currently valid OMB control number.</font></div><div style="height:63.36pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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